Sample Answer – Ending of the Novel Choose a novel or short story you have studied that had an unexpected twist at the end. (a) (b) Describe what happens at the end of your chosen text. novel or short story you have chosen. (15) (15) Did you find the ending satisfying? Explain your answer with reference to the Sample Answer 2 (a): The novel I have studied for my Junior Certificate is Harper Lee's classic 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Set in the sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression
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‘Explore how Harper Lee describes the character of Miss Maudie’ The first time Harper Lee introduces Miss Maudie to the reader, Scout says that she spent the rest of her remaining twilights with her. This at once shows us that Miss Maudie isn’t like most adults in the book, who treat Scout like a child, because she is one whom Scout likes to be with and talk to. ‘I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie.’ This shows us that Scout, who is quite an adventures
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In Cold Blood: notes Chapter 1: The Last To See Them Alive Summary The story is set out in the late 1950’s, introducing the Clutter family on the 15th November the day of their death. The day of their death and the characters themselves are told through eye witness accounts of their neighbourhood friends who spent time with them before the murder. We are introduced to the family members individually, finding out there is 6 members overall. The father of the family, Herb Clutter is a well-respected
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age novel that is set in the early 1930s in a small and sleepy Southern town called Maycomb. It was written by Harper Lee and published in 1960. The novel deals with childhood innocence and the conflict between good and evil in many different situations. Throughout the novel, the reader follows the childhood of a young girl called Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lived with her family that included her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia
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Did you ever notice that peoples around us change as things happen, and time goes on? In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee,(Re-Word Whole Sentence) you can notice that happening throughout the novel, from beginning to end. The characters that have the most change, are the two protagonists, Scout and Jem. They get older throughout the novel, and as such they mature Do not list one of your paragraphs points in introduction. Different events that occur around them cause them to shape
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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one consistent theme is based around how Atticus Finch positively impacted the town of Maycomb. The location was Alabama during the 1930’s. During this time period, citizens of Maycomb showed extreme chauvinism towards one another. For people to not give into this way of life truly must have been very audacious. One person that proved to be able to show such audacious acts was a man named Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch willingly defended an African
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Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird is considered a modern-day hero for his intolerance towards racism, especially in that time period. His disapproval towards racism is most apparent when he fought for Tom Robinson. Fighting for an African-American man in the 1930’s was unspeakable but not only did he defend him, he gave it all he had. Atticus knew he would never be able to win this case yet he still tried which is more than any other white lawyer would have done for anyone in the black community
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“Prejudice is the child of ignorance” (William Hazlitt). Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird people judge others before they truly have a right to judge. In the town of Maycomb, Alabama many individuals make judgements about Boo Radley and Tom Robinson before they know the truth. Scout Finch is a rare breed in this time, with her father defending Tom Robinson and her brother Jem and her interested in finding more about Boo Radley she constantly gets a chance to make unprejudiced judgements
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A legal case causing uproar throughout the world, the scottsboro case. The scottsboro case is a case in which two young women (Ruby Bates and Victoria Price) are accusing nine young african-american men of rape. Olen Montgomery, the only literate person of the accused, is our client. We believe that Olen Montgomery is undoubtedly not guilty of rape. Admittedly, Olen Montgomery is guilty of riding a train without a ticket, however, he is not guilty of rape. According to the “Diagram” Olen Montgomery
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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck evolves and transforms from naïve to understanding society that revels his coming of age and finding the truth of racism. Huck immaturity is first evinced in the first couple of chapters. He shows that he only cares about what is happening to him. That the only thing that matters is what in his own little world. Huck shows this trait of immaturity in Chapter two, Huck the only person that did not have a family to offer in case of the betrayal
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